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 STARLIMS
and Orion Systems International
Partner for Public Health
Rhapsody™ and STARLIMS
Streamline Data Exchange for Public Health Organizations
Santa Monica, CA. and Hollywood, FL.
September 1st ,2004, Orion Systems International Inc, a
leading provider of clinical workflow and integration technology to
the healthcare industry, and STARLIMS Corporation, the number one
global provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems,
(LIMS), have announced today a partnership to address the need for
rapid and unified exchange of laboratory data between information
systems and organizations.
STARLIMS will embed Orion’s Rhapsody™
Integration Engine in their LIMS solution, leveraging Rhapsody’s
support for HL7 Version 3 W3C messaging schemas for the reporting of
surveillance data and the Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
message transport required for the secure transmission of public
health data.
The use of Rhapsody™ will
significantly reduce the complexity involved for public health
partners when extracting or populating data from the STARLIMS
system.
The partnership between Orion and
STARLIMS is particularly targeted at providing support for agencies
involved in the Centers for Disease Control’s nationwide PHIN
initiative, which aims to build a standard framework for the
consistent exchange of response, health, and disease tracking data
between public health partners throughout the United States.
“STARLIMS’ is committed to meeting
the needs of the public health labs sector. Rhapsody will ensure the
streamlined and protected exchange of data between public health
institutions, enforcing the strength of this commitment.” stated
Isaac Friedman, president & CEO of STARLIMS Corporation.
“Ensuring the reliable and secure
reporting of disease surveillance data is a prime challenge facing
the public health sector today,” said Paul Viskovich, president
North America of Orion Systems International. “Orion is enthusiastic
about the opportunities our partnership with STARLIMS offers to
bring faster, more effective data exchange to public health
organizations.”
Rhapsody Integration Engine offers
public health organizations a secure and fault tolerant integration
infrastructure for messaging, embracing the latest in public health
standards. This will further facilitate the transfer of
disease surveillance data between laboratories, government agencies
and public health entities.
STARLIMS public health solutions are
designed as a platform for linking between regional public health
partners working under the PHIN framework, HL7 messaging protocols
and using LOINC and SNOMED as the common vocabulary for test names
and observations. This functionality enables cross-site sample
transfer and data exchange.
 About STARLIMS Corporation
Selected as the #1 global
LIMS provider STARLIMS Corporation delivers cost effective,
easy-to-use collaborative LIMS solutions to organizations in the
public health, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, forensics, food &
beverage, environmental and chemical industries. The full featured,
flexible, multilingual laboratory information management system
provides complete traceability leading to regulatory compliance,
without compromising process versatility.
The company’s’15-year track record
together with STARLIMS' architecture have earned us recognition for
"future proofing" our customers investments in internal know-how and
for straightforward conversions of disparate legacy systems.
For more information, please visit
www.starlims.com
About Orion Systems
International
Orion Systems International
delivers a complete, end-to-end IT integration platform for
information systems of all kinds. Orion's easy-to-use tools and
applications integrate and enhance existing systems and deliver
secure, universal access to information. Orion's clinical
information solutions have been used and trusted around the world
for ten years. Orion has more than 1,000 clients worldwide including
Johns Hopkins Hospital, New York State Department of Health, Central
Washington Hospital, McKesson, NaviMedix, CDC, Abbott Laboratories
and many more. More information can be found at
www.orionhealth.com
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